Abstract

BACKGROUND
Ethanol is a well-established 'barrier breaker' in gastric mucosa, but its effects at cellular level remain to be detailed.
METHODS
Gastric epithelial cells were isolated from rabbits and cultured to monolayers. Intracellular calcium was measured spectrofluorometrically with fura-2. The patency of gap junctions was assessed by photobleaching a… (More)